088°13.553’ W
37°00.438’ N
Grand Rivers, Kentucky
Green Turtle Bay Marina (day 3)
Today was a beautiful day in port. I took advantage of the weather and marina facilities to wash the boat from top down to the water line. The mighty muddy Mississippi left her mark on our white boat. The Ohio and Cumberland Rivers are clean as compared to the Mississippi.
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| Patti's |
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| Skip's Pork Chop Dinner |
Later in the day we did a little local sight seeing and visited Grand Rivers and PATTI’S 1880’s Settlement. We had dinner at Patti’s restaurant which is famous for their 2” thick pork chops. As I had remembered from prior visits - it was superb!
Capt. Bill Seward on M/V TORTUGA arrived at Green Turtle Bay today and is moored two slips away. He’s a looper that we meet last summer in Canada on the Trent Severn Waterway. We meet Bill at the same party that we meet the Flints! As always it’s great to renew old friendships.
If the weather changes tomorrow we’ll probably stay another day. We’re looking forward to a slow cruise down Lake Barkley to the Barkley Lodge and Marina where we will stay for a short period.
As a side note - Lake Barkley was formed by damming up the Cumberland River as part of the TVA project.
